*Sigh*

"Dsscats" (dsscats) 09/05/2015 at 18:55 • Filed to: None

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Can you miss something you never actually had?

Funktheduck > Dsscats 09/05/2015 at 19:03

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Yes.

For my example we’ll use a car.

There’s a car for sale you want. You think about buying it but can’t for whatever reason. You think about driving and owning said car; taking it on badass roads and to the track. You imagine wrenching on it just for fun and not because it broke.

That car is sold not to you after a few weeks. You've thought about this car so much your brain thinks it's yours, or at least part of your brain does. Despite the dissonance, you still miss it.